a conceptual abstraction that allows us to describe complex color-mapping arrangements in clear, simple language

a X server resource, containing representation of color coding scheme, color bit depth, and modificability of the palette

A visual describes a way of interpreting a pixel value. The visual class and the pixel size attribute collectively describe a visual.

The specifications for color handling for a drawable, including visual class, depth, RGB/pixel, etc., are collectively referred to as a visual and - in GTK+ - are stored in a GdkVisual. The visual accounts for the differences between various types of hardware in determining the way pixel values are translated into visible colors. A screen may support only one type of visual. See also: Colormap, Drawable.

A visual describes how color information is stored in pixels. A screen may support multiple visuals. On modern hardware, the most common visuals are truecolor visuals, which store a fixed number of bits (typically 8) for the red, green and blue components of a color. On ancient hardware, one may still meet indexed visuals, which store color information as an index into a color map, or even monochrome visuals.

(n.) In the X protocol, the specifications for color handling for a drawable image, including visual class, depth, and type. The visual accounts for the differences between various types of hardware in determining the way pixel values are translated into visible colors within a window. A particular screen can support only one visual type.

To do with the sense of sight

Visual refers to the sense of vision, the sense that enables perception of objects in the environment by means of the eyes.

Sighting of a friendly aircraft; opposite of "BLIND." zum Men

Relating to sight or the sense of sight.

Web page editor A program that's used to edit or create documents or Web page s. It's visual in the sense that the software makes changes that you see immediately. Some examples of visual editors are MS-Word (a word processor) and Netscape Composer (used with Web page

related to the sense sight and the experiences of seeing.

Visual means involving the sense of sight.

uses sight to communicate